Book of Hours
Office of the Holy Cross (Compline)
F-it6b
Victoria, B.C., University of Victoria Libraries, Fragm.Brown.Lat.5
Adrienne Williams Boyarin, University of VIctoria, 2021 (Born Digital)
Remarks by the Editor
Description produced as part of the course "In the Archives" taught by Prof. Adrienne Williams Boyarin, University of Victoria, 2021. This leaf was used to practice basics of Fragmentarium system with students.
General Information
Title
Book of Hours
Shelfmarks
Fragm.Brown.Lat.5
Material
Parchment
Place of Origin
France
Date of Origin
1450–1500
Script, Hands
Northern Textualis
General Remarks
Illuminated leaf from a fifteenth-century French Book of Hours, with prayers from the Office of the Holy Cross (Compline).
Current Condition
Extent
1 leaf
Dimensions
175 x 115 mm
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Illuminated initials and line fillers in gold with red and blue backgrounds, framed and filled with decorative white lines, outlined in black. 2 line fillers, 6 single-line initials, 2 two-line height initials, 1 four-line (at "Conuertere nos deus" on recto), all in the same geometric style.
History
Provenance
Donated to University of Victoria Libraries by Bruce and Dorothy Brown in 2003.